Environment/Green Issues
News associated with environmental, green and reneable energy issues linked to ports. Includes efforts to reduces port and ship emissions such as cold ironing. Application of national and European Union environmental and renewable energy policies. This includes new facilities for the production of ammonia, biofuels, hydrogen and vegetable oils.
Naples city finances project for Pozzuoli port seabed cleaning
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) August 31, 2018 – Naples city government has financed a project for the cleaning of the seabed of the dock of the port of...
“Energy Observer” to visit Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – “Energy Observer”, the first ship propelled by renewable energies and hydrogen, will stop in...
Portos de Galicia looks to increase smoke-free areas
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – The Portos de Galicia organisation is working on the definition of the smoke-free pilot project,...
Barcelona port publishes sustainability report
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – Barcelona has published the Annual Report of the Sector Sustainability Plan, a document that reflects the...
Spain’s Baleà ria incorporates biodegradable kitchenware on ships travelling to Balearic Islands
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – Spanish ferry company Baleà ria has incorporated kitchenware and utensils made of cellulose and...
Las Palmas port calls water pollution fight consultancy services tender
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Las Palmas port has called a tender for the delivery of services of prevention and...
Cartagena port increases its commitment to sustainability
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) is committed to the...
Spain’s Merchant Navy supports promotion of natural gas as marine fuel
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2018 – Spain’s Merchant Navy supports Gasnam (Asociación Ibérica de Gas Natural para la Movilidad), the...
Valencia port launches pilot test called “E-Bike Sharing System at the Port of Valencia”
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – In the framework of the European project “SUMPORT – Sustainable Urban Mobility in MED Port...
Venice port to receive €1.275 million EU funding
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern Adriatic Sea Port...
Baleà ria to invest €60 million in converting ferries to natural gasÂ
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Baleà ria plans to invest €60 million ($70.1 million) to convert five ferries...
Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) joins the Samoa project
Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) July 30, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) is to...
Valencia port’s Ecoport II project members hold semiannual meeting
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2018 – The group of companies that make up the Ecoport II project of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV –...
Atlantic Copper passes environmental auditÂ
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2018 – Spain-based company Atlantic Copper, handling its exports through two terminals at Huelva port, has passed an...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado includes 25 ports in SAMOA project
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 25, 2018 – The new president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, informed the members of...
Motril port concludes works to reduce noise, greenhouse gas emissions by ferries
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) July 25, 2018 – Motril port has concluded the works to reduce the noise, especially at night, the greenhouse gases and the...
Enel X to install 300 electric vehicle chargers at Italian portsÂ
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) July 23, 2018 – Italian ports association Assoporti and innovative and technological solutions company Enel X Srl have signed a...
Cartagena port increases use of hybrid vehicles
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2018 –Â Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) has replaced current diesel...
Universitat de les Illes Balears presents Palma port environment study
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2018 –Â Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands)Â and...
EU and China sign landmark partnership on oceans
Beijing, China, July 16, 2018 On 16 July, the European Union has signed a unique ocean partnership agreement with China. Two of the world’s largest ocean...